Improvement in broom-protectors



1.1. COBURN. Broom-Protectors.

' N0.l50,530. PatntedMay5J874. 4

lla/ITJVESSES. IN VENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JOHN J. COBURN, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOMjPROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,530, dated-May 5,1874 application filed y February 14, 1874. K

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. COBURN, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State oi' Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Broom- Protectors; and I do liereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descripl head, andsupporting-rods connecting said bands and clamp, substantially ashereinafter described. V

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention, Ais a broom, to the handle ofwhich is secured a clamp, B. This clamp ismade in two sections, b b, which are jointed or hinged to each other,being also fastened by the thumb-screw 1 1. The clamp B is also providedwith the annular flanges or lips c c, through which pass the wires orrods DD, which support the encircling bands E E. These bands have theirextremities made in the form of eyes c c, through which the wires iorming the band pass, as shown in the drawin fr.

By the aid of this simple device cheap and `weak brooms may bestrengthened s'o as to outlast brooms of. a high cost.

'Ihe band E as it encircles the head prevents the same from spreading orbeing bent or swayed to one side, and thus causes it to wear out evenly.As the head wears the band may .be adjusted upon it by loosening anddrawing up Ithe clamp B, which may then be fastened securely in positionby means of the screw b. The supporting-rods D are intended to be ofsuficient. thickness to sustain the head and prevent it from beingbroken or bent above the band.

What I claim as my invention is The combination, with the clamp B, oithe supporting-rods D D and the expanding and contracting bands E E',substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this19th day of June, 1873.

JOHN J COBURN.

Witnesses:y

JAMES P. PETIT, M. DANL. GoNNoLLY.

